OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Pharmacy manager, juvenile group home worker, electrical construction, farm work, pizza delivery
manager.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Master, Public Administration, Lewis & Clark College; B.S., Pharmacy, Oregon State University.

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Present: Salem-Keizer Schools Bond Steering Committee. Past: Salem City Council, 1990-1998, (President 1998), with audit, budget, fire, police, water and sewer, transportation, county solid waste, and city-county data center policy development. Liberty-Boone Neighborhood Association (Chair).

• What Others Say •

“Bill understands the importance of small business to our community.”

Sandi Kasprzyk, RPh., owner, Medicine Shoppe Pharmacies, Salem & Dallas.

“Bill puts public safety first.”

Tom Dourgarian, Retired Deputy Sheriff; Past-President, Marion County Law Enforcement Association.

“Bill brings openness, balance and accountability to the Commission.”

Mary Kamppi, concerned community advocate and teacher.

“ Bill provides needed leadership, stewardship and fiscal responsibility to County business.”

Bob Wallace, Salem City Councilor; Assistant Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary, retired; Past-President, Oregon State Department of Korean War Veterans.

Dear Marion County Voters,

I am running to protect our quality of life in Marion County by promoting public safety and controlling urban sprawl.

Results! While serving on the Salem City Council I made sure we:

• Strengthened our police force by 30 and firefighter paramedics by 15, improving emergency response times significantly.

• Protected our excellent drinking water from pollution and shortage.

• Made it safer for children around schools throughout Salem with street and sidewalk improvements and flashing caution lights

My Top Priorities for Marion County:

• Prevention and early intervention.

• Increase deputy patrols and jail space.

• Protect our farmlands, forest lands and watersheds.

• Work cooperatively, both within the Commission, and with others to prioritize and provide public services effectively, efficiently and responsibly.

As a husband, father, pharmacist and former elected official, I know that protecting our community’s health requires persistence, and a true spirit of cooperation. I would be honored by your vote to allow me to work for you on the County Commission.

Thank You----Bill Burgess

Bill Burgess… Gets Results for Us All

(This information furnished by William J. (Bill) Burgess